Environment
Joe Biden’s presidency will pollute the planet
Biden has consistently backed fracking, although he now claims he wants to see it banned on federal land.
Anger as Heathrow airport ruling boosts climate-wrecking project
A new court ruling means a third runway at Heathrow airport could be back on the cards, overturning a previous decision to block the project.
Tories put safety and environment at risk with plans for new nuclear plant
The Tories have restarted negotiations over funding a new £20 billion nuclear power plant at Sizewell C in Suffolk.
Climate crisis to blame for wildfires destroying ‘paradise’ in Australia
Devastating wildfires are ripping through one of the most precious and irreplaceable parts of the natural world.
Profits from drought. Bosses speculate on water
Capitalism has found an untapped market—speculating on water. For the first time in history, bankers and bosses will be able to bet on future water prices on Wall Street.
Tory ‘green revolution’ doesn’t offer break with fossil fuel economy
The Tories have announced plans for a “green revolution” to combat climate catastrophe and help kickstart the economy after the pandemic.
Shell’s links with murder in Nigeria aren’t forgotten
13 November 2020Twenty five years ago this week nine protest leaders in Nigeria were executed who were fighting environmental destruction caused by fossil fuel giant Shell.
The shock figures that show we’re choking to death
25 October 2020Londoners are paying the heaviest health price in Europe for toxic levels of air pollution.
South Coast resistance to Aquind cable project
12 October 2020Hundreds of people in Portsmouth and the surrounding area joined protests last Saturday over the Aquind cable project.
Treetop activists resist evictions as they fight to stop destructive HS2
08 October 2020Treetop activists remain determined to halt the destruction of ancient woodlands along the route of the HS2 high speed railway.
Oil workers say the system is rigged against green jobs
05 October 2020Large numbers of offshore workers want green industries and jobs. They can deliver change—but they are ignored by those at the top, reports Sarah Bates
Report on potential mass extinction of plant species is a warning to all
30 September 2020Some two in five of the world’s plant species stand at risk of extinction because of climate and ecological chaos, a new report has revealed.
Students to strike for the climate
21 September 2020School strikers around the world were set to take action this Friday to demand that governments take the climate emergency seriously
LETTERS—Grouse shooting rule shows what the elite are about
18 September 2020As if we need yet another example of how out of touch the Tories are, here we go again.
US wildfires—‘This is a climate damn emergency. This is real and it’s happening’
12 September 2020Human and ecological catastrophe is raging through the western United States.
Letters—The lack of Covid-19 testing is yet another Tory disaster
11 September 2020Cambridge university recently announced that it will be providing free weekly Covid-19 tests to all students living in college accommodation.
XR climate rebellion ends with rage at financial system
10 September 2020Extinction Rebellion finished ten days of protests in London with a lively march through the heart of the City financial district.
Rebelling against the system
07 September 2020As Extinction Rebellion takes to the streets of London, Manchester and Cardiff, Sarah Bates looks at the movement demanding urgent action on climate change
Extinction Rebellion continue to fight for the climate
05 September 2020Climate rebels have turned their fire on the billionaire-owned press, racist Home Office and cash-guzzling HS2 developers in their latest protests.
Letters—It’s time for a new squatters’ movement to win us housing
05 September 2020The horrendous situation facing renters during the Covid-19 pandemic, especially in the private sector, is going to get much worse after 21 September
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